Ms. Gao Jie, aged 46, joined the Group as a Non-executive Director on 1 November 2021. Ms. Gao has extensive global accounting and management experience. Ms. Gao is currently the chief financial officer of Lightspeed China Partners. Prior to that, she held key finance positions (as a finance director of McKinsey Greater China office from 2010 to 2019; as a financial controller of McKinsey China office from 2005 to 2010; and as a project manager of global Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) system of McKinsey & Company from 2000 to 2005) within McKinsey & Company. Ms. Gao graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from the School of Business of Sun Yat-Sen University in 1996, a Master of Business Administration degree in accounting from the Sauders College of Business of Rochester Institute of Technology in 1998, and a Master of Science degree in Information Systems from the Stern School of Business of New York University in 2000. Ms. Gao is a designation holder of Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA) and a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (USCPA). She is also the chairman of the North Asia Regional Advisory Panel of Association of International Certified Professional Accountants and the advisor of the New York University Shanghai Alumni Group.